John Sprague II (1735 - 1814)

This profile is part of the Sprague Name Study.

Biography

John Sprague II is the son of Dea John Sprague & Judith Green. He was born in Malden Massachusetts. He removed to Killingly, Connecticut in 1752 with his family where he met his wife, Mary Hutchins. They married sometime between 1759 - 1761 and had at least six children Jonathan, Wyman, Isaac, Mary Polly, Chloe and John. They removed with their children to Winhall, Bennington, Vermont in 1791. Mary died in 1798 leaving him with his daughter Chloe who must have been a dependant adult since she never married or had any children and died at 39 years old in in 1812. John then died in 1814, he was 79. They are all buried in Middletown Cemetery in Winhall, Vermont.

CAUTION:

Note: Although it is well documented that his spouse was Dorothy Brown, my research has proved this was based on an error made by the author of The Ralph Sprague Genealogy, EG Sprague. He confused the dates of the marriage and marriage intention of John's father, John and Dorothy Browns mother, Dorothy (Green) Brown as being a marriage date between the couples two children.

John Sprague had actually only married Mary Hutchins daughter of Wyman Hutchins and Abigail Cutler.

Vitals

John Sprague II

Born

20 Apr 1735

Malden, Middlesex, Massachuttes

Died

22 Jan 1814

Winhall, Bennington County, Vermont

Marriage

Mary Hutchins

Between 1753 - 1760

Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut

Children

Lt Jonathan Sprague

Wyman Sprague

Isaac Sprague

Chloe Sprague

Mary Polly Sprague

John Sprague III

Residence & Census Data

1735-1752

Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts ^[1]

1752-1791

Killingly, Windham, Connecticut

• 1790 US Census ^[2] - John is still living in Killingly proving he did not move to VT until after that. His house hold includes:

2-Males over the age of 16 - This is most likely John and his son Isaac since Jonathan and Wyman had already removed to VT and Isaac married Sarah Wright bet. 1791-1793/4.

1 Male 16 or under- This would be John III who was born the end of 1783 making him 7-years-old

4 Females- Wife Mary, daughters Mary Polly and Chloe and an unknown though I believe they may have had another daughter

1791-1814

Winhall, Bennington, Vermont

• 1800 US Census John is in Vermont. His house hold includes:

1 male 16-25 - John III he is now 17

1 male 45 and over- John II he is 65

1 female 16-44 - Chloe who is 27

1 female 45 and over - this is an unknown but possibly his stepmother Dorothy Greene she was rumored to have passed away a widow in 1805 and she possibly remarried before then , since Mary had died in 1798. There is no evidence of John getting remarried.

• 1810 US Census

House hold includes:

1 male 45 and over - John he is 75

1 female 26-44 - Chloe she is 37

Sources

1. ↑ Book: Ralph Sprague Genealogy by EG Sprague p. 81 & 82
2. ↑ US Census 1790, Killingly, Windham, CT [www.ctgenweb.org/county/cowindham/records/census/1790censusk illingly.html]

• Find A Grave memorial #164852846 [1]

• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCQ7-5VY : accessed 30 December 2015), John Sprague, 20 Apr 1735; citing Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p81 #128; FHL microfilm 14,774.

• "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V899-D2S : accessed 30 December 2015), John Sprague, 22 Jan 1814, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,695.

See Also:

• Book:"Nicholas Hutchins of Lynn and Groton, Massachusetts, and his descendants with a genealogy of allied families" by Hutchins, Marvin Clayton

pg 18

33. MARY HUTCHINS (Wyman3, John2, Nicholas1) was born in Killingly, Connecticut, :10 Dec. 1739. She married John Sprague, who was born in Malden, Massachusetts,

20 April 1735, and died in Winhall, Vermont, son of John and Judith (Green)Sprague (see Chamberlain's The Spragues of Maiden, Mass.)

Children, surnamed Sprague:

i. Jonathan, b. 1761.

ii. Wyman, b. 1763.

iii. Isaac,

iv. John

[2]

• Book: "Spragues of Malden" by George Walter Chamberlain p 214 & 215

• Book: The Vermont Historical Gazetteer Volume 1 "Winhall" p 247

• Book: Ralph Sprague Genealogy by E.G. Sprague published in 1892 p. 348 (there are many discrepancies in this book)